Animal control officers seize 100 dogs

Anderson County Sheriff's office animal control officers seized over 100 dogs, as well as several cats, from an animal rescue operation in Powdersville Thursday. The seized animals came during a well-being check, from a previous visit for animal abuse. The owner did not make sufficient changes, said Jerry Bruce, animal control officer.

Justin Hunt, Anderson County Sheriff's office Animal Control officer, carries a small dog into the Anderson County P.A.W.S. Shelter in Anderson. Deputies and shelter workers confiscated about 100 dogs, several cats from a rescue farm in Powdersville with bad living conditions, said officer Jerry Bruce at the shelter.

Tommy Dunn, left, Anderson County Council chairman, and Rusty Burns, interim administrator, stand outside the Anderson County P.A.W.S. Shelter side entrance. They observed officers and shelter workers in the process of seizing over 100 dogs and several cats, living in substandard conditions, from an animal rescue farm in Powdersville.

Jerry Bruce, Anderson County Sheriff's office animal control officer, communicates on a phone outside the Anderson County P.A.W.S. Shelter side entrance.

Dogs are taken into the Anderson County P.A.W.S. Shelter, where workers and volunteers helped process over 100 dogs and several cats, taken from substandard conditions, at an animal rescue farm in Powdersville.

Tommy Dunn, Anderson County Council chairman, carries one of the estimated 100 dogs into the Anderson County P.A.W.S. Shelter in Anderson.

Tommy Dunn, Anderson County Council chairman, carries one of the estimated 100 dogs into the Anderson County P.A.W.S. Shelter in Anderson.

Michelle Powell, of Anderson County P.A.W.S. Shelter, brings in one of about 100 dogs and several cats into the shelter in Anderson. The animals were taken from substandard conditions from an animal rescue farm in Powdersville.

Jerry Bruce, Anderson County Sheriff's office animal control officer, talks to media outside the Anderson County P.A.W.S. Shelter side entrance. Officers and shelter workers seized over 100 dogs and several cats, living in substandard conditions, from an animal rescue farm in Powdersville.